Green Medic

This just in! New medic in town! Oh baby, going to hit the streets!

After a year of classroom study and clinical rotations, I am a fully certified and rip-roaring, ready to go, brand-new Paramedic. The new gig is a very busy urban EMS system in the most densely populated county of the most densely populated state (New Jersey). I started last week and tomorrow is the last day of orientation. Since I'm a per diem, my first official tour of duty will be six days from today.

Now, you may ask, "Why cross the mighty Hudson River from your beloved City of New York for a job? You have five years experience as an EMT in your fair city, and trained as a medic in the same?" The most honest answer is "Uhhhh...?" So, with that affirmation in the hopes that I know what I'm doing, I embark to work in the Garden State twice a week; and for twelve hours on each of those days, 'County of 1,000,000 people': I will be one of the only six paramedics here to come at your call (assuming the dispatcher decides you need ALS attention!). Good luck crazy county, to the both of us!